Hawser shield and traps.



D. G" HUNAN.

HAWSER SHIELD AND TRAP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1918.

1,282,423. 2 Patented Oct. 2221918.

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. To all whom it may concern HAWSEB SHIELD AN!) TRAP.

Specification of Letters fitment.

Patented ott. 22, was;

App1ieation filed may 25, 1918 fieriel Ho 836,580

Be it knoivn that I,\DAVID G." Hones, a citizen of the United States, residing at N w York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lm in'ovenieijits in Hawser Shields and Traps, of which the following the hawser and is of web diameter that the pf the following cleseriptionh is a specification, reference being hlid to the therefrom.

Other objects will appear in the course My intention llltlSllIJailed in the aeoom p'&Il "lIlg drawings, iwherinz -F1gn'1 e 1 is a perspective. View showing my rat trap and gmtrd in use;'

Fig. 2 is' a rear elevation of the trap; Fig. 3 is it vertical transverse section thereof; and. 2 Fig. 4= is a vertical longitudinal seetion thereof. t

Fig. .5 is a sectionalview showing the bes ket in the lower portion fof the tra v Referring to these drawings it 'w' i be seen that my trap is designed .to applied upon a hawser designated A, such as. the

hawser extending from the vessel to the (lock. The body of the trap iscinculaifl in form, so asto extend concentrically around tritp will out its aguard preventing rats from climpi-ng overthe trap and so getting 11 m out away, as at 12, to provide an open upon the-vessel. The trap comprises a. top portion, designated 10, which is approximately sei'ni-eirenlist in form and is formed to provide two and oirtions and. a connecting web, the end portions being spaced'from eeeh other any suitable distance, as will 'psgovicle sulfieient room for the rat inside the trap. The ends ing at eachend, and extending beneath this opening is a sem1-c1reular floor, as it may be termed, 13, forming 'part ofs rope clamp,

and operating between legs this portion 13 or section of tube extending out beyond the ends. The lower section 0 the trap has two ends 14 "and a eonneoting web 15), each end 1 being composed of ametallic strip 16 and a wire mesh seetion' l7, 6

Qne these Wire n'iesh sections 17 'pi'ovidecl with a spring binge 18 so that it may be opened to discharge the rat and is locked by means of a padlock 19 to the metallic strip 16. i t

Supported. by the strips 16 is the ssmitubular seetion .20, which easel-s with the semi-tiibi emit-ion to grip the cable. These sections :56 anti. l3 on it-both, ends of the trap and the tube thus formed 7 tapers towarcl its emits, so that the ends of the tube tlizns'fmnjied may lie gi'igrpetl tightly upon the hew eer. rope or eelile so that the rot will he forced to passthroughthe open logs 1.5?! in ortier to travel along the hewser. 7 Theseopenings are providerlwith tending prongs 21 permitting the entrance of the mt into the trap, but. preventing seetion by any suitable i'oee'ns, as for in stgmoe by the hinges! latch having m head s Itlingedly meimted upon the side walls vof'qthe lower seetion are the inwardly ex.

tending platforms itti whieh ere hingedv at their outer ends in any suitable manner. springs seizing to hold the plotforrnsin n :5 horizontal position, these s wings however beingof' such slight s'tren that when a rat steps spent-he platform, thwplotiomi will fall and the nit will drop into the lower portion or eege'of the tntp. As soon as 3 the rat has dropped off of the platform, the

platform will return to its imtiai position. permitting another rat to be caught.

In the practical use. of this invention, the" (levies iselamped upon the liswsei' in the 1 manner stated, and; it will tieolwious'thst any 11st ettem t-ing to get on board the NIES- sol Willenter the owning-1% eimltlint om within. the opening, the, intensity pm'zjeeting prongs will prevent his eithen retreating 1 or advancing. Under these en'iennistences,

'the rat is liable to step upon one of the plat; forms, whereupon he drops into the gage from Wlneh he enn'be removed at any time."

By forming the trap 1n two seetlons, 1t may 1 aplurality of inwardly end Centrally exq be readily clamped upon the hawser at any desired point or as readily released there from.

Preferably, I provide an additional basket 26 disposed within the body of the trap and is preferably provided with a hinged side or door which may be opened to permit the discharge of the rat, thus doing away with the necessity of opening the shield and trap as a whole in order to 'get the rat out. Prefer ably also I provide a bolt 28, or likemeans, as shown in Fig. 4, which will pass throu h the clamping members l3 and through tie hawser. l

I rim-aware that it is common'to provide hawser shields which clamp upon the hawser, and are of sufficient size to prevent a rat from climbing around the shields, but these shields do not perform the function of trapping the rat, whereas my device not only acts as an eflicient shield, but also acts as a trap.- It will be understood, of course, that the semi-circular or semi-tubular members 13 and 20 together act as jaws for clamping the hawser and that they project sufficiently beyond the trap as to prevent the rat from climbing down onto the reticulated portion of the trap and so climbing onto the awser beyond the; trap. Having described my invention, what I claim is: i

1. A rat trap ofthe character described, circular in form and comprising an upper sect-i on and a lower section, the lower section being semi-circular in form and hinged at one sideto the upper section, the lower secdirected tion at the uppeied g'es of its front and rear Walls being recessed. to embrace a hawser and havinga semi-tubular member disposed in said recess and extending beyond said,

front and rear Walls, the upper section having an entrance opening in Its front and rear of a rat into a-trap, butjpreventing its exit gfi therefrom, oppositely disposed latforms carried b the lower section and eld in 1% horizontal position by springs, one end wall of the lower section'being hinged, and'locking means holding said end wall closed.

2. A trap of the character described con prising an upper section having end walls, a lower section connected to the 'upperseetion, the upper and lower sections bein formed with rope engaging-jaws, the enc l walls of the -upper section having entrance openings providedwith inwardly and centrallv extending prongs, oppositely disposed platforms carried by the lower section at its intersection with the upper. sectionand held 0.

in a horizontal position by springs, anda" removablebasket disposed within the lower section and having a- .door, the basket being open at its top and rongs. v I In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID "GE RD HONAN. .Witnesses: I JOHN CALLAHAN,

JEREMIAH J. Hoar.

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